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Friday, May 26, 2017

BREAKING: Not Gonna Make a "He Went To Jared" Crack

... though I *really* want to. Anyway, Sergei Kislyak didn't have to go to Jared, because Jared came to him:

Jared Kushner and Russia’s ambassador to Washington discussed the possibility of setting up a secret and secure communications channel between Trump’s transition team and the Kremlin, using Russian diplomatic facilities in an apparent move to shield their pre-inauguration discussions from monitoring, according to U.S. officials briefed on intelligence reports.

Ambassador Sergey Kislyak reported to his superiors in Moscow that Kushner, son-in-law and confidant to then-President-elect Trump, made the proposal during a meeting on Dec. 1 or 2 at Trump Tower, according to intercepts of Russian communications that were reviewed by U.S. officials. Kislyak said Kushner suggested using Russian diplomatic facilities in the United States for the communications.

The meeting also was attended by Michael Flynn, Trump’s first national security adviser.

As you might expect, Twitter is all a-twitter over this!

1.Did I sound a little panicked on @chrislhayes over Kushner-Rubsecret comms report. I am. What did he intend to pass? The PDB? Nuke codes?